@creamy_confusion: 🍫 Comfort Recipes Day Two - Chocolate Mousse & Cherries… 600ml thickened cream 5 tbl caster sugar 2 eggs (separated) 290gm dark chocolate (chopped or buttons) In pot add half the cream (300ml), 3 tbl sugar and egg yolks. Whisk together and place on medium heat. In a heatproof bowl add the chocolate. Once cream begins to steam hot, take off immediately and pour over the chocolate. Allow to sit for 2 minutes before using a spoon bring all together until glossy and smooth. In seperate bowl add the egg whites with 2 tbl sp caster sugar and whisk hard until you have soft meringue light peaks. Use a stand mixer with whisk attachment if you like. In seperate bowl add remaining cream (300ml) and whisk hard until you have soft peaks. Add two spoons of the chocolate and whisk into cream. Add the rest of the chocolate and half the meringue in and fold through. Add remaining meringue and fold through. Pour mousse into cups of container to spoon out. Place in fridge for minimum 3 hours, or preferably overnight. 300gm cherries (halved and pitted) 1/4 cup caster sugar 1/4 cup water Place cherries in a small bowl. Add sugar and water to pot and place on medium heat to make simple syrup. Allow to syrup to come together and bring to a super high bubbling heat, before pouring over cherries and mixing through. Allow to sit whilst mousse chills. *if cherries are quite hard pop them back on the pot with heat until it becomes soft and syrupy. To serve, add cherries to a scoop of mousse with a drizzle of EVOO and sea salt on top.

Conor Curran

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Thursday 04 July 2024 10:41:06 GMT